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15-letter words containing s, g, d

  • guns and butter — a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes
  • h g edgar degas — Hilaire Germain Edgar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] /iˈlɛr ʒɛrˈmɛ̃ ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
  • hang one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • hang seng index — an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • hardhead sponge — any of several commercial sponges, as Spongia officinalis dura, of the West Indies and Central America, having a harsh, fibrous, resilient skeleton.
  • have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
  • hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
  • hedgehog cactus — any of various rounded, usually spiny cacti of the genus Echinocereus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having bell-shaped flowers that close at night.
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • high priesthood — the condition or office of a high priest.
  • high-handedness — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
  • hog-nosed skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • household goods — kitchenware and other utensils for use in the home
  • hughes syndrome — a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis
  • huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
  • idiot's delight — any variety of the card game solitaire.
  • immunodiagnosis — serodiagnosis.
  • in good spirits — cheerful
  • in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
  • in-suite dining — In-suite dining in a hotel is when guests eat meals in their rooms.
  • indigestibility — The state of being indigestible.
  • indistinguished — (archaic) indistinct.
  • individualising — Present participle of individualise.
  • industrialising — Present participle of industrialise.
  • industrializing — Present participle of industrialize.
  • inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
  • insider dealing — dealing in company securities on a recognized stock exchange, with a view to making a profit or avoiding a loss, by a person who has confidential information about the securities that, if generally known, would affect their price. Its practice by those connected with a company is illegal
  • insider trading — the illegal buying and selling of securities by persons acting on privileged information.
  • interior design — the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features.
  • inunderstanding — (obsolete) Devoid of understanding.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • it's a good job — If you say it's a good thing, or in British English it's a good job, that something is the case, you mean that it is fortunate.
  • kangaroo island — an island in the Indian Ocean, off South Australia. Area: 4350 sq km (1680 sq miles)
  • keeling islands — Cocos Islands
  • kindergarteners — a child who attends a kindergarten.
  • king's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
  • kingdom of ends — (in Kantian ethics) a metaphorical realm to which belong those persons acting and being acted upon in accordance with moral law.
  • kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
  • kissing disease — infectious mononucleosis.
  • knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
  • ladies' gallery — a gallery in the old House of Commons set aside for women spectators
  • lady's-earrings — any of several plants having pendent flowers thought to resemble earrings, as the jewelweed or the fuchsia.
  • laminated glass — Laminated glass is safety glass in which a transparent plastic film is placed between plates of glass.
  • leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
  • leading strings — strings or straps formerly used to guide and support a young child learning to walk
  • light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
  • lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
  • listed building — (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
  • living standard — standard of living.
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